Stock Monsoon Amp

**Camaro69Mac** · 05-17-2011, 08:51 AM

So everything used to sound awesome in the car for stock. today randomly my amp wont turn out. so the two front and two hatch speakers are only working with a tiny bit of sound coming out of the two subs where the rear seats are..........is there some fuse or something where the amp is for it to have shut off randomly? how can i test to see if its dead or not??? thanks any help is appreciated

**jiveass** · 05-17-2011, 08:53 AM

if the front and rears are working, perhaps your subchannels are gone.....is your headunit origional?

**Camaro69Mac** · 05-17-2011, 09:02 AM

Originally Posted by jiveass

if the front and rears are working, perhaps your subchannels are gone.....is your headunit origional?

ya front and rears are great headunit is orignal its weird cause its never had any problems at all and its not like i cranked it and it blew it just stopped having bass. so only those two dont work. well they are on but barely so it makes me feel like the amp is off but i dont know how to test if its that or not besides just buy a new one.

**jiveass** · 05-17-2011, 10:58 AM

check the speakers themselves...they always crap out...i know it seems too coincidental that they both stop working at the same time, but check em out..

**Camaro69Mac** · 05-18-2011, 02:33 AM

Originally Posted by jiveass

check the speakers themselves...they always crap out...i know it seems too coincidental that they both stop working at the same time, but check em out..

Well i played around nothing changed went for a drive then they started working both sounded great. For a while.........now they shut off again? i have no idea why some loose wire? doesnt make sense unless the amp is turning on and off it seems. Its annoying

**az gt eater** · 05-18-2011, 06:27 PM

Maybe its over heating?

**Camaro69Mac** · 05-18-2011, 07:28 PM

Originally Posted by az gt eater

Maybe its over heating?

That was my first thought but it hasn't came on Today at all when i stsrted it cold nothing!! Its annoying I can't figure it out. I wanted to keep it stock but this is obnoxious

**az gt eater** · 05-18-2011, 08:06 PM

wiggle the plug at the amp, pull the plug and check for corrosion. then pull the stereo and check the connections. If you can get a toner, you can check the wire for breaks. the harness runs under the carpet and under the seatbelt bolt on the pass side. then it goes up the pass back seat plastic panel. maybe there is a loose ground. you could also try a plug and play with a new amp.

**jiveass** · 05-19-2011, 03:44 AM

if youve never personally pulled the factory radio out, i'd pull it out and see if a previous owner had cut the factory harness and put it back together when he sold it...that is, assuming you arent the origional owner...

**Camaro69Mac** · 05-19-2011, 04:32 AM

Originally Posted by az gt eater

wiggle the plug at the amp, pull the plug and check for corrosion. then pull the stereo and check the connections. If you can get a toner, you can check the wire for breaks. the harness runs under the carpet and under the seatbelt bolt on the pass side. then it goes up the pass back seat plastic panel. maybe there is a loose ground. you could also try a plug and play with a new amp.

ya i'll try that today pulling the amp out and messing around w it. Ive taken the stereo out a bunch of times for diff reasons. i called some junk yards around here to test another amp just cant find any camaros

**Camaro69Mac** · 05-19-2011, 06:37 AM

Welll took the amp out cant be that because when i unplug the amp itself it shuts off the rear speakers so it must control more than the subs.....so i also wiggled the wires around all over and nothing..maybe a channel on the cd player (head unit) is bad itself????

**jiveass** · 05-19-2011, 08:04 AM

yea the amp runs all the speakers....im willing to bet that the subs are bad..

**Camaro69Mac** · 05-19-2011, 10:20 AM

Originally Posted by jiveass

yea the amp runs all the speakers....im willing to bet that the subs are bad..

took them out and threw other speakers same thing........barely any sound out of them. its working but not much power it doesnt make sense. its sounding like the headunit to me but i dont feel like wasting 50 bucks for nothing